Camera carrying case



April vll, 1939. w. ALBERT CAMERA CARRYING CASE INVENTQR y BY W/Y/ie//n /e/'f i A A oRNEv Puentes Apr. 11, 193e Wilhelm Albert, Wetzlar.

` assignor to Germany Ernst Leitz, G. m.4 b. H., Wetzlar, Germany Appuoeuon ootober 27, laatse-mxo. 111,317 InGermanyDemberl9.l936f 1 Claim. z This invention relates to improvements in carrying cases for a. miniature hand camera lof the type which 'ordinarily has a removable flat bottoni.` Such a camera may howeverbe provided with another bottom which supports for Vinstance a'quick winding up attachment or an exposure meter. Such attachments, for instance the quick winding up attachment'. has a handle which projects from the bottom, hence the ordilo nary camera carrying case cannot be used because 1n the nm place 1t 1s not deep enougn.

* Secondly its bottom is solid and thus the handle for the quick' winding up attachment is not accessible from without .the casing. u It is vdesirable to provide a camera carrying v case which 'includesA such features of construction as .will make it usable f or carrying and operating cameras provided-with an attachment at the bottom such as a quick :winding up attachto ment forin'stance which necessarily-has a pro- Jecting operating handle which must be accessible from without the The object of this invention is to provide such an improved camera carrying ease. In the drawing illustrating the '26 invention Fig'. 1 is asideview of case containing the camera with partsI broken away and parts in section* Fig. 2 is an end view looking from the left in so l with parts removedand parts in section.

Fig. 3 is aview of a portion of the case bottom 'lookinf F1 g downupon it andtakn ontheline 5-5 o g. l.

Fl8.` 4 isa sectional detail view taken onthel line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In Fig.1'avportion of the leather case I is broken away to show .the camera 2 which is otherwise identiiled by the winding up knob 3 for operating the shaft l for rewinding the 'shutter and advancingthe im. In this instance 9 the camera 1s provided with especial bottom sl which supports a quick winding up device C. 111e Alatter is coupled to the shaft Iby suitable means 'notshowm Thewindingupdtheshaftlis icl. vs -s1) then done by puiung en a handle 1 attached to e e `out the case.

ribbon 'l connectedto'the winding Aup device 6. A spring not shown keeps the handle 1 in retracted position.

The case I'has -i-ts top` l2 and its front Il 5 hinged to the case' bottom Il by a hinge strap I5,

' Closure is `effected by a snap button I6. In the bottom il there is an opening I'l through which the. coupling device 8 projects. The opening communicates with a slot I 8 for the passage and w operation of the handle 'i and ribbon l. The

handle is otherwise guided in a channel member I9 secured to the camera bottom l. 1

The-camera is securely locked to the casing by .means of'a locking knob III which'upon rotation 15 engages suitable flanges Ilon the camera bottom 5. The slit il' is protected by metal strips '20 and the bottom/i4l is reinforcedas at 2|.

In use. the case is opened and the camera is held within the case while taking pictures. At 20 the same time thel handle is accessible and may be operated without removing the .camera from the case. The special quickwinding up attachment enables 'the photographer .to rewind the camera quickly between exposures without inter- 25 ruptionsl which otherwise are n for operating the rewinding knob.

I claim: A photographic camera carrying case comprising acase body including an openable cover and 30v a bottom. said case being adapted to contain and enclose a photographic camera having'a winding up mechanism projecting .from the camera botl tom and having attaching members also projecting from the camera bottom, means in the bottom 35 of the said case operable from without the case for engaging said attaching members to secure the camera within the case, said case bottom having a longitudinal, slot therein through which an operating member of the said winding 11D mech- 40 anism projects vfor operation thereof from withmaar. 

